Landscape
Valaste Waterfall
German: Wallast
Estonia's highest waterfall drops about 30 metres over the edge of the Baltic Klint between Ontika and Valaste, only a few hundred metres from the Gulf of Finland. It is a single plunge, and in winter its spray freezes into great columns and curtains of ice against the layered limestone. The old viewing platform was closed in 2013, and since 2018 a new staircase with platforms leads down the cliff to the shore, so the fall can be seen from the foot of the cliff.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Eesti kõrgeim juga langeb Ontika ja Valaste vahel umbes 30 meetri kõrguselt üle Balti klindi serva, Soome lahest vaid mõnesaja meetri kaugusel. Vesi langeb ühe hooga ja talvel külmub pritsmetest kihilise paekivi vastu suuri jääsambaid ja -kardinaid. Vana vaateplatvorm suleti 2013. aastal ja alates 2018. aastast viib klindiastangult randa uus trepp koos platvormidega, kust juga saab vaadata ka klindi jalamilt.